I personally kinda question the general wisdom of those "deselect all on empty space click" points of view.

Deselection a (small or potential big) active selection by accident is not something that you would like to happen to easily.

I think that should be left in; but however I still propose a fix to it.I think that there should be an undo selection and redo selection added to the undo redo list. In other words if you accidentally unclick all the faces you specifically selected, then you could easily hit undo deselect. And if you wanted to take it further you could have it as a separate undo function like shift-ctr-z instead of normal ctr-z (and you could access it from the menus as well in a similar fashion).

nemyax: I'm considering new modeling tools but want to finish all the UI changes that I'm working on now and get an official release out. New modeling tools certainly might include edge dissolve, edge/face collapse, and Raxx's idea on an improved cut tool.

Has anyone else noticed problems trying to select vertices on subdivision models with smooth shading enabled? I find it works in wireframe mode but not smooth shading.

I'm also finding the non-uniform scale tool to be a bit erratic when only selecting vertices, particularly when trying to bind it to a specific axis. I'm finding that it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, and is consistently ignoring the xyz axis buttons.

I mean that new(ish) live mirroring tool in Anim8or. I think mostly in that if you cut two lines to points that lie directly on a axis, the points automatically get joined. Maybe that's not weird for you, but to me it is.

Well, I think it may be a more of a me thing... I just need to learn how to use the tool better. It works just like it should, when I look at it in the scope of things. I think sometimes its that you can join faces and make somewhat strange edits *across the axis.

HI trev..the forum offers ie provides for this form of communication... perhaps i was being too subtle, too modern, too connected to the zeitgeist ,i do stop short of non sequitur humour/communication a big favourite of mine as intellectually i know not everyone is on the same plane....hey but as the man says...ANYTHING can happen in the next half hour.

"This is the Voice of the Mysterons ...... Earthmen, We need to have some progress with Scene mode started as soon as possible ." "Unless you do so in the next half hour Our Agent Captain Black will take steps""You have been warned Earthmen"